Improved machine for bending car-hooks



nitrd tate pageant Letters PatentNo. 93,467, lated August l0, 1869.

IMPROVED MACHINE FOR -CBENDI'NC-l'r CAR-HOOKS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whomt't 'may concerne Be it known that I, 1). G. MORRIS, of Catasauqua, in the county of Lehigh, and. State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Bending-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the-accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. v

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and eiiicent machine for bending car-hooks.

It 4consists of a strong stand, having upon one side a pair of vertical guides, a fixed former, and a bending-lever, and anti-friction Wheel all arranged for operation in a manner hereinafter specified.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved machine, and

Figure 2 represents atop view of the'same. y Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. Y

A represents a strong stand, preferably made of' cast-metal, and'supp'orted on any suitable base. l

B represents a projection near the top,l1aving a rounded face, C, concentric for some distance, and otherwise suitably arranged and adjusted to serve as a fixed former, whereon the bending is to be effected. Below it|are two vertical brackets D E, also pro- `iecting from the side of the stand, between which the bar to be bent is placed in'a vertical or nearly vertical position, with the end to be bent rising up past the former, the requisite distance. These brackets may, if required, be so placed relatively` to the former as to require the bar to be bent to some extent for insertion, or by the act of inserting it between the bracket E and the former, thereby controlling the form of thc hook in rear ofthe principal bend, or lat the com men'cement thereof.

In the axis of the concentric part of the former B, a crotched bending-lever, Gr, is pivoted to a bolt, H,

passing through the former and the stand, to engage both rends of the said crotched lever.

The lever carries in the said crotch a grooved antifriction bending-wheel, I, which is -forced against the iron to be bent by moving the lever over cuits axis in a manner well understood.

I am aware that a device for bending couplings and car-hooks has been patented, which represents a combination-of five elements, namely, retaining-brackets, former, a bending-roller, Ya roller -to grasp andvforce down the ends, andan actuating elbow-lever; '.lout'by larranging my brackets at .a suitable distance out of vends thereof, successively, with the pair ofretainingbrackets D E, arranged out of line with the space between the said former and roll.

.1). G. MORRIS.

Vitnesses: l

R. CLAY HAMERSLY, THOMAS FREDERICK; 

